Russia pounded Ukraine with air strikes early on June 27 and shelled civilian settlements in the frontline eastern region of Donetsk, killing at least one person and wounding 14, the military and regional officials said.
The death occurred during shelling of the industrial city of Toretsk, while those wounded were inhabitants of Memryk, Selidovo, and Komar, regional Governor Vadym Filashkin reported on Telegram.
The Ukrainian military reported that Russia attacked Ukraine with six cruise missiles and 23 drones early on June 27.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down five of the missiles and all drones launched at targets in Ukraine, the military reported.
Serhiy Tyurin, the governor of the western region of Khmelnytskiy said on Telegram that nine incoming targets were shot down over the region, with no reports of casualties among civilians.
Six drones and three cruise missiles were downed over the southern region of Mykolayiv, Governor Vitaliy Kim reported, adding that there were no casualties.
Two drones were destroyed in the southern region of Kherson early on June 27, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported, adding that Russian shelling the previous day killed one civilian and wounded 16, including two children.
In the southern Dnipropetrovsk region, Russia launched a massive artillery attack on the city of Nikopol on the banks of Dnieper River, regional Governor Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram, adding that one drone was also shot down over his region.
Schools and kindergartens were damaged, Lysak said. He did not mention any casualties.
Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry said that seven Ukrainian drones were shot down by its air defenses -- four over the Tver region, two over the Moscow region, and one over the Belgorod region.
Sota reported, based on eyewitness accounts, that a drone attack occurred on the Redkinsky Experimental Plant in the Tver region, where aviation fuel is produced. The plant has previously been attacked by drones.
Ukraine, whose energy infrastructure has been devastated by constant Russian attacks, has over the past several months increasingly been targeting fuel-production sites inside Russia, mainly oil-refining facilities.
